Lamp.



No. 764,396. PATENTED JULY 5, 1904. B. E. TAYLOR & c. P. LEONARD.

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APPLIOATION FILED 10110.29, 1903.

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PATENT OFFICE.

EDVV ARD EVERETT TAYLOR, OF AMESBURY, AND CLARENCE PELEG LEONARD, OFCHELSEA, MASSACHUSETTITS, ASSIGNORS TO GRAY & DAVIS, @F AMESBURY,MASSACHUSETTS.

LAMP.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 764,396, dated July 5,1904.

Application filed December 29, 1903. Serial No. 187,028. (No model.)

T on whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, EDWARD EVERETT, TAYLOR, residing at Amesbury, 1nthe county of Essex, and CLAnENon PnLne LEONARD, re-

, is a specification.

The object of our invention is the production of a lamp designed. foruse in connection W1l'1l1 automoblles and other vehicles which shallpresent an artistic and ornamental appearance, be comprised of few partsand some.

of the parts easily removable, which shall be comparatively cheap infirst cost and easy to manufacture, whichshall have a plain exter-: nalsurface whereby it may be easily cleaned and polished, and which withalshall constitute a superior means for performing the functions of aperfect lamp.

With this end in view our invention conslsts in certain novelties ofconstruction and -combinations. of parts hereinafter set forth andclaimed.

vThe accompanying drawings illustrate an example of the physicalembodiment of our invention constructed according to the best mode wehave so far devised for the practical application of the principle.

Figure 1 is a top plan view. Fig. 2 is a longitudinal vertical sectionof Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a rear end view in elevation. Fig. 4 is a bottomplan View. Fig. 5 is a detail of the means for holding thefrusto-conical reflector. Fig. 6 shows the means for uniting the ends ofthe ring which holds the lens.

The lamp is shaped substantially like a bullet, being conoidal inappearance, and is comprised of three main parts-a shell or body A,frusto-conoidal in shape; the rear portion B, attached to the bodyportion by the hinge C and fastening device D and constituting the apexportion; and the front portion E, secured to the body portion by hinge Fand fastening means Gr and supporting a lens, as shown.

The numeral 1 designates an opening at the top of the main body portion;2, a shield located. above and a slight dlstance from the opening, so asto leave a space between the shield and the body portion for the exit ofthe gases of combustion; 3, rivets and washers which secure the shieldto the body; 4, a lining of asbestos or other suitable material securedto the inner surface of the shield; 4:, a wind-deflector located infront of the shield; 5, a series of holes beneath the deflector; 6,means for supporting the lamp consisting of perforated projectingcastings located at the sides of the body portion; 7, the base of eachcasting which engages the inner surface of the body portion and projectsthrough ahole in the side thereof, the said casting being brazed orsoldered to the wall of the body; 8,

-a semiglobular gas-chamber secured to the lower surface of the body; 9,a perforated tubular stem for connection with a gas-generator; lO, anipple with an opening and having a removable threaded cap; 11, theburner; 12, a tube or duct extending from the burner downwardly into thegas-chamber and approximately to the center of the same; 13, a

frusto-conical reflector; 14, the reverselyturned front edge of thereflector; 15, clips soldered at one end to the body portion ofthe lampand at the other end bent over to engage the surface of the reflectorand to hold it in place, as shown in Fig. 5; 16, two series of holesthrough the body portion between the gas-chamber and the front edgethereof and through which air passes to the burner, and 17 representsholes in the rear of the gas-chamber.

Referring to the rear hinged apex portion B of the lamp, 18 designatesthe concave-convex rellector; 19, a series of holes at thebottorn and inthe rear of the reflector, and 20 a series of holes at the top arrangedto allow air to circulate through the space at the rear of the reflectorand reduce the temperature of the same.

Referring to the front portion E, the numeral 21 designates the flangededge of the same; 22, the lens; 23, a ring concave-convex incross-section which holds the lens and GeV is itself held by the flarededge 21, which it a encircles; 24, perforated lugs at the meeting endsof the ring, and 25 is a screw which clamps the ring upon the lens andabout the flanged edge of the front portion of the lamp.

It will be observed that the lamp is very simple in construction andthat parts thereof can with facility be replaced when necessary. Theends of ring 23 may easily be disconnected when a new lens is to replacea broken one, the frusto-conical reflector may be removed bymanipulating the clips 15, and the gas-chamber may be cleaned by theremoval of the threaded cap.

The circulation of the air through the body of the lamp to supply oxygenfor combustion and to discharge the products of combustion is providedfor by the holes through the body of the lamp and the large opening atthe top, as will readily be understood. The deflector 4: performs thefunction of directing the air so that it will pass above the shield.

From the foregoing specific description it becomes obvious that we haveproduced a lamp which fulfils all the conditions set forth as thepurpose of our invention which is ornamental, artistic, of a pleasingshape to the eye, which presents a plain external surface whereby it maybe easily cleaned and polished, and which possesses other and desirablecharacteristics of construction constitut ing the same a superior meansfor the purposes intended.

What we claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is i l. Avehicle-lamp comprising a frusto-conoidal-shaped shell forming a bodyportion having an opening at its top, a gas-chamber at tached directlyto the shell and provided with a tubular stem for connection with agas-generator, a gas tube or duct extending from the chamber into theshell, a burner connected with said tube or duct, a shield spaced apartfrom the shell and covering the opening in the top, a wind-deflectorattached to the shell in front ofthe shield, a frusto-conical reflectorarranged in front of the burner, a lens located in front of thereflector and hinged to the shell, an apex portion hinged to the body ofthe shell in the rear of the burner, a concavo-convex reflector arrangedin the hinged portion of the shell, and the rear top and bottom of theshell being provided with a series of perforations for the circulationof air.

2. A vehicle-lamp comprising a frusto-conoidal-shaped shell forming abody portion and havingan opening at the top, a shield spaced apart fromthe shell, directly attached thereto, and covering the said opening atthe top,

an illuminating-burner secured to a tubular stem adapted for connectionwith a gas-generator, an apex portion made separate from and secured tothe rear end of the shell forming the body portion, a concavo-convexreflector located in the rear of the burner, and a lens hinged to thefront of the shell.

3. A vehicle-lamp comprising a frusto-conoidal-shaped shell having ahinged apex, a concavo-convex reflector located in the apex,a lenshinged to the front of the shell, an illuminating-burner, afrusto-conoidal reflector back of the lens, and a shield spaced apartfrom the shell and covering an opening in the lens hinged to the frontof the shell, a gas-v chamber attached directly to the shell, anilluminating-burner in communication with the gas-chamber, afrusto-conical reflector back of the lens. and a shield spaced apartfrom the shell and covering an opening in the top of the shell.

In testimony whereof we affix our signatures in presence of twowitnesses.

EDWARD EVERETT TAYLOR. CLARENCE PELEG LEONARD.

Witnessesz' J. ALBERT DAvIs, A. P. LANE.

